Homegrown Music Festival

The Homegrown Music Festival is an annual community celebration of the original and diverse music of Duluth, Minn. and its surrounding communities. What started in 1999 with five acts has matured in its 22nd year to an eight-day community-wide local music, arts and cultural extravaganza.

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Kyle Ollah

Kyle Ollah

Duluth’s quintessential folk fiddler and old-time banjo player released the local album with the longest title last year: Used to Wear that Old Straw Hat, but Now You Wear the Crown. It was Kyle Ollah’s first full-length solo release, though it was preceded by two EPs and a pair of collaboration albums. On the latest effort are traditional folk songs reworked for guitar and five-string banjo accompaniment. Ollah has been a longtime collaborator with Charlie Parr and fiddles across the Midwest with Merila Hill String Band and Four Mile Portage.